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Posts in Lambing

Lambing 2023

Lambing is pretty much the most important time of the shepherding year. This lambing we have had just over 90 lambs born in 3 weeks.

April, Lambing, Sheep, SpringKitty M19 April 2023Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Lambing 2022

Lambing went by very quickly this year, with 55 ewes lambing in just under three weeks! Miriam Fuller, who came back from being a full time Agriculture student to run lambing, gives an insight into her experience.

Farm, Lambing, Sheep, Spring, AprilKitty M16 April 2022Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Sheep scanning 2022

Scanning is an important point in the shepherding year, allowing our farmers to prepare for the coming lambing that is now just over a month away.

Farm, Lambing, Sheep, Spring, Volunteers, TrainingKitty M15 February 2022Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Goodbye from Miriam

Miriam is moving onto exciting pastures new. We’ll miss her but are looking forward to hearing about her future adventures!

Sustainability, Farm, Lambing, Spring, SheepKitty M25 June 2021Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Orphaned lambs

Although they are very sweet and so friendly, shepherds always start out a lambing season hoping not to have any bottle fed lambs. We have five this year!

Lambing, SheepKitty M28 April 2021Plaw Hatch FarmComment

February 2021: Shepherd's Report

The ewes have been scanned and we’re expecting 109 lambs in six weeks! This year, Gala put our two new Shetland, Icelandic and Poll Dorset cross rams in with some of the flock, so we’re all excited to see their multicoloured lambs.

Farm, Sheep, Lambing, ChickensKitty M12 February 2021Plaw Hatch FarmComment

April 2020: Shepherd's Report

Farmer and Shepherd, Gala Bailey-Barker, reflects on a successful lambing and all the factors that helped bring it together.

Lambing, SpringKitty M20 April 2020Plaw Hatch Farmlambs, lambing, sheep, shepherd, spring, mixed, biodynamics, organic Comments

March 2020: Shepherd's Report

Lambing is about to begin! Gala Bailey-Barker, farmer and shepherd, gives her update on the upcoming excitement and how our farm team are progressing with the change in season.

Lambing, SpringKitty M22 March 2020Plaw Hatch Farmlambs, lambing, chickens, eggs, field, team, farming, pigs, piglets, chicks, sheepComment

9 Jan 2024

Why cows have horns

It has long been a policy of Biodynamic husbandry to keep cattle with horns. As well as the aesthetic value, the horns have an important function in the life of the cow.

23 Nov 2023

A year as a farm Apprentice

Approaching the halfway mark in my 2-year placement here at Old Plaw Hatch Farm, the coming of the shorter days has allowed me to reflect on what has been one hell of a ride this past year.

27 Oct 2023

The realities of a garden

Growing vegetables in a political climate that has very little understanding of how food actually gets from the producer to anyone’s kitchen table (let alone the unpredictability of that same climate) means we are very grateful to the crops that have been successes, and we move on quickly from those that were or are, to put it bluntly, failures. Let me briefly talk you through our growing year so far…

24 Oct 2023

Supply and demand

Recently we’ve seen a real surge in new customers and have also noticed that existing customers are coming much more frequently and seem to be doing the majority of their food shopping with us. These changes are rarely down to one thing, and I believe at the moment there are several reasons.

24 Aug 2023

Why should I go to the AGM?

Firstly, because we would really love you to. Of course, at an AGM there is the dry procedural stuff, it’s a legal requirement, but there is so much more. It’s an opportunity to hear directly from the people who grow your food.

15 Aug 2023

The garden this summer

The summer is flying by and we have already started to get the first harvests off the fields like onions, potatoes and squash. The Spring was very late this year, however, Summer is not over yet.

4 Aug 2023

Woodland update

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